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I did it. Finished revising one story, added a fair bit to another, and a little bit to a third -- but every little bit counts. Right?
I'm still chugging away on mine. I won't make the 1st, but I'm determined to get it off before I go to bed.
I did it. Finished revising one story, added a fair bit to another, and a little bit to a third -- but every little bit counts. Right?
I'm still chugging away on mine. I won't make the 1st, but I'm determined to get it off before I go to bed.
My goal for tonight is to re-revise what I revised last night.
You can do it!
Done, thanks. That was 87,000 words written and off to publishers in July.
So... Tuesday... I guess the goals remain mostly the same. Continue on two stories. Await a beta read on the third. Work on a cover for the third as well, which is, frankly, annoying, but oh well.
Happy Tuesday all! Good luck to everyone and their goals. So Pilot, do you have a number of cards goal in mind? Good luck and sounds like fun.
I've managed to type about 4k words today. My eyes hurt.
I've managed to type about 4k words today. My eyes hurt.
My goal is to revise at least 5-6k words. Hopefully that doesn't involve too much new material, but I have a feeling it might.
My goal is to revise at least 5-6k words. Hopefully that doesn't involve too much new material, but I have a feeling it might.
Good luck! I know very well that feeling.
I love and learned a lot from Robert Heinlein's "Five Rules for Writers." The second rule states "a writer must finish what s/he writes." In interviews, Heinlein clarified and explained this as addressing the traits that prevent most potential writers from being writers - the inability to finish or, even more importantly, to leave the words alone.
I find that often when revising I tinker or second guess myself way too much, and when I am prepping a piece for publication I again mess with the words ad nauseum. Then I hear a voice in my head - "finish what you write. LEAVE the words alone."
Great job! Very impressive. Eyes hurting? What about your fingers?
Good luck! I know very well that feeling.
I love and learned a lot from Robert Heinlein's "Five Rules for Writers." The second rule states "a writer must finish what s/he writes." In interviews, Heinlein clarified and explained this as addressing the traits that prevent most potential writers from being writers - the inability to finish or, even more importantly, to leave the words alone.
I find that often when revising I tinker or second guess myself way too much, and when I am prepping a piece for publication I again mess with the words ad nauseum. Then I hear a voice in my head - "finish what you write. LEAVE the words alone."
I haven't read the five rules, but I can say that when I finished the first story I posted (Make a Wish), that felt a like a huge breakthrough. I knew I could finish a story, and so that made it easier in turn to finish future stories.
My goals for the present are reading books recommended by my favorite writers. Just finished APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara.
O'Hara is worth reading for a couple or three reasons: His dialogue is sublime and he's maybe the best ever at revealing character thru dialogue. He was a screenwriter who knew how to write a coherent/cohesive scene. And he was good at making readers care about the characters, even if the characters were brats.
One critic called O'Hara, THE REAL F. SCOTT FITZGERALD.
Heinlein's five rules for writers. (These were published in the book On Speculative Fiction.
(1.) You must write.
(2.) You must finish what you write
(3.) You must not revise unless to editorial order/request.
(4.) You must put your work out in the market.
(5.) You must keep resubmitting until the work sells.
For the longest time during college and after graduating when I was publishing most frequently, I had a poster of these rules above my desk for motivation.